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Etudes mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines (EMSCAT) 42 (2011) 1-15

The Horse-Riding and Target-Shooting Contest for Lay Officials (drung 'khor rtsal rgyugs): Reflections on the Military Identity of the Tibetan Aristocracy at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Alice Travers 1

(2011)

Based on autobiographical written and oral accounts by Tibetan aristocrats, this article aims to discuss the Horse-Riding and Target-Shooting Contest for Lay Officials (drung 'khor rtsal rgyugs). Its origins, its evolutions during the first half of the 20th century, and its significance help to understand the link between the Tibetan aristocracy and the military domain. Though the Tibetan aristocracy was mainly an administrative elite and can therefore not be described as exercising a "defensive function" during this period, there are elements indicating a privileged relationship with the army. The permanence of this compulsory contest in the 20th century might be explained by its symbolic efficiency in linking the aristocracy to Tibet's military glorious past and to a past probably, more warlike identity.

1 :	Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie Orientale (CRCAO)
	CNRS : UMR8155 – Collège de France – Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot – Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire

Mots-Clés : Tibet – aristocracy – nobility – army – military – history

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